What you have to love about the Spurs is they don’t waste words talking about “being proactive” or energy thinking about the PR implications or whatever other corporate buzz words you want to use, they just do what they think is best.

Hiring Becky Hammon as the first full-time, fully paid female assistant coach in NBA history was done for basketball reasons alone. And it seems a good move.

In the latest edition of PBT Extra we discuss the hiring of Hammon, why San Antonio is the perfect spot to start (veteran team, coach who will deflect some of the distractions) and how at the end of the day this is what progress looks like.

While I don’t care either way, In order for them to say this is purely basketball reasons, they would have to show how she’s a better candidate than every other person that applied for the job. While she’s probably a better coach than Jason Kidd, I doubt she was the most qualified person that applied.

Who’s to say anyone else applied? Or if their was even an application process? If Mo Cheeks, Larry Drew, and Mike Woodson can keep getting coaching jobs, why not bring in someone new who may offer a fresh perspective?